1 Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—REPORT
no 94 incorporating a dissenting report: treaties tabled on 14 may 2008—MOTION
TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT: Resumption of debate ( from 18 September 2008 ) on the motion of Mr K. J. Thomson—That
the House take note of the report. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on the next sitting Monday after 23 February 2009. )

2 Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—REPORT
no 95: treaties tabled on 4 june, 17 june, 25 june and 26 august 2008—MOTION
TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT: Resumption of debate ( from 16 October 2008 ) on the motion of Mr K. J. Thomson—That
the House take note of the report. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 3 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

3 Economics—Standing Committee—REPORT—the
review of the reserve bank of australia annual report 2007 (second report)—MOTION
TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT: Resumption of debate ( from 24 November 2008 ) on the motion of Mr C. R. Thomson—That
the House take note of the report. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

4 Economics—Standing Committee—REPORT—competition
in the banking and non-banking sectors—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT:
Resumption of debate ( from 27 November 2008 ) on the motion of Mr C. R. Thomson—That
the House take note of the report. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Notices

1 Mr Broadbent: To move—That the
House:

(1) notes the release by the Victorian Government of details of its
Environmental Effects Statement (EES) in relation to the proposed
construction of a major water desalination plant at Wonthaggi, in the
electorate of McMillan;

(2) recognises
that:

(a) there has been considerable community opposition to the project
on the grounds of its cost, the need for such a development,
the lack of consultation with the local community and the serious threat
to the coastal and marine environment;

(b) the operation
of the plant will require considerable electric power, adding to greenhouse
fas emissions;

(c) the proposed
connection of the plant to the Victorian power grid will have a serious
impact on properties along the route of the necessary power lines; and

(d) local government, community groups and individual objectors have
not been given a reasonable period to respond to 80 technical reports
that form the basis of the EES; and

(3) calls on the Australian Government to:

(a) withhold approval for the proje ct as required under the Environmental
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 until such time as the Victorian Government’s EES can
be independently tested; and

(b) withhold any
federal funding for the project until the Australian Government has
made its own assessment of the environmental and economic viability
of the project. ( Notice given 28 August 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on 23 February 2009. )

2 Mr Hayes: To move—That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) three young Australians, members of the group colloquially
known as the ‘Bali 9’ arrested in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, remain
in the Death Tower at Kerobokan Prison Bali under the sentence of death
by firing squad;

(b) these Australians
have not yet taken review proceedings or sought clemency from the Indonesian
President to commute their death sentence;

(c) one of these
three is Scott Rush, a drug mule who was only 19 when arrested, is now
the only drug mule still facing the death penalty and whose judgement
imposing the death sentence contained almost no comparative analysis
with other accused persons;

(d) the right to
life is a fundamental human right recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (1966);

(e) Australia is
also a party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights aimed
at the universal abolition of the death penalty;

(f) both Australia
and Indonesia are signatories to the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights ;

(g) the Australian
Parliament passed the Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973 without dissent;

(h) Article 28 A of the Indonesian Constitution recognises the right to life;

(i) respect for
human life and human dignity are values common to Australia and Indonesia;

(j) abhorrence
of the death penalty is a fundamental value in Australian society and
there is bipartisan opposition within the Australian Parliament to the
death penalty; and

(k) the Indonesian
Constitutional Court recommended in October 2007 that Indonesian criminal
law be amended to include a provision which allows for the death penalty
not to be mandatory and for prisoners to earn a commutation of a death
sentence by rehabilitation and remorse for their crime;

(2) believes that abolition of the death penalty contributes
to the enhancement of human dignity and progressive development of human
rights;

(3) is convinced
that all measures for abolition of the death penalty should be considered
as important and essential progress in the enjoyment of the right to
life;

(4) records:

(a) its opposition to the imposition of the death penalty;

(b) its abhorre nce of all drug related crime;

(c) the importance
of close cooperation between Australian and Indonesian law enforcement
agencies in the prevention, detection and prosecution of drug related
crime; and

(d) the importance
to Australia of its continuing excellent relationship with our near
neighbour, the Republic of Indonesia; and

(5) requests that:

(a) the House incorporate into domestic law the contents of the Second
Optional Protocol to the International Covent of Civil and Political Rights to ensure
the unequivocal abolition of the death penalty in Australia and to communicate
Australia’s position on the death penalty to the world at large;

(b) the Commonwealth
advocate clemency for these three Australian citizens, as and whenever
appropriate;

(c) the Indonesian
Government favourably consider the Constitutional Court’s second recommendation
that Indonesian criminal law be reformed so that there is a sentencing
alternative to the mandatory death penalty;

(d) the President
and the people of Indonesia understand Australia’s principled position
in relation to the imposition of the death penalty; and

(e) in the event that remaining legal process fails, the President
of Indonesia extend clemency to the three young Australian citizens
sentenced to death, in particular, by commuting their sentences to terms
of imprisonment. ( Notice given 22 September 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 2 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

3 Mr Georganas: To move—That the
House commend the Australian Government for its initiatives in increasing
the:

(1) proportion of water within the Murray-Darling Basin reserved for
environmental purposes through the purchase of water licences; and

(2) volume of water within metropolitan and other area s for
domestic, public and industrial uses through the capturing, storing
and recycling of storm and waste water. ( Notice given 23 September 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 2 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

4 Ms Campbell: To move—That the
House:

(1) recognises:

(a) that there are more than one billion of our fellow human beings
suffering from the effects of extre me poverty; and

(b) the commitment of the Federal Government to increase foreign aid
to 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2015;

(2) acknowledges that this increase still falls short of the target
of 0.7 per cent of GNI as set out by the Unit ed Nations General
Assembly in 1970;

(3) commends the
efforts of the Micah Challenge in raising issues surrounding extreme
poverty, particularly in Australia’s region of the world; and

(4) reaffirms the
Government’s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals. ( Notice given
14 October 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called
on on any of the next 3 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

5 Mr C. R. Thomson: To move—That
the House welcomes the Government’s national building infrastructure
policies to deal with the global financial crisis and specifically notes
its investment in outer metropolitan transport. ( Notice given 14 October 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 3 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

6 Mr Ripoll: To move—That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) in o ur capital cities, most trips involve stop-start driving
or short trips with around 50 per cent of trips being less than 5 kilometres;

(b) three hundred
grams of greenhouse gas emissions are saved per kilometre for every
vehicle that is taken off our roads, potentially totalling an average
of more than four tonnes of emissions per vehicle every year; and

(c) in Australia
it is estimated that in a single year, air pollution from motor vehicles
causes between 900 and 2,000 early deaths and between 900 and 4,500
cases of bronchitis, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, costing
between $1.5 and $3.8 billion; and

(2) supports:

(a) positive incentives such as the National Ride to Work Day to encourage
people to take up cycling;

(b) riding to work as a way of getting fitter, having some fun,
reducing traffic congestion and reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and

(c) policies, projects
and initiatives that deliver increased options for active transport.
( Notice
given 14 October 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless
called on on any of the next 3 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

7 Mr Ripoll: To move—That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) chronic disease i s one of the country’s most critical
health challenges;

(b) more than 50 per cent
of the Australian population already suffers from a chronic or long term
condition of some form; and

(c) the rise of
these diseases poses both a major risk to the long term health of millions
of Australians and a frontline economic challenge; and

(2) supports:

(a) the Government’s continued commitment to preventative health
strategies and closing the gap in indigenous life expectancy;

(b) initiatives to support the role of the primary care system on our
local communities; and

(c) the increased role the private sector currently plays in delivering
health and medical services. ( Notice given 21 October 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 4 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

8 Mrs Moylan: To move—That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) on 20 December 2006 a landmark decision was made by the
United Nations General Assembly to adopt Resolution 61/225;

(b) the Resolution
recognised the risks that diabetes and its complications pose to families,
Member States and world health and was adopted by consensus;

(c) the Resolution
declared 14 November as World Diabetes Day;

(d) this resolution
joins HIV/Aids and Autism as the only diseases having their own resolutions
and declared days of observation;

(e) an estimated
246 million people worldwide, in the age range from 20 to 79 years, have
diabetes and this number is expected to grow by 44 per cent, reaching
380 million by 2025;

(f) each year 3.8 million
adults die from diabetes related illnesses, representing one death every
10 seconds;

(g) an estimated
7.4 per cent of the Australian population has diabetes according to an
AusDiab study in 2000; and

(h) according to
an AusDiab study, in 2002 the social and medical costs of diabetes in
Australia were estimated to total $6 billion annually;

(2) acknowledges the wo rk of Professor Martin Silink AM MD FRACP,
as President of the International Diabetes Federation and his colleagues
world-wide for their work to ensure that this United Resolution was carried;

(3) recognises
that:

(a) in the catalogue of chronic illness , few conditions would
be more needful of attention than the scourge of diabetes;

(b) the prevention
and management of diabetes are the responsibility of the whole of society;

(c) parliaments
should play a leading role in promoting community education and implementing
effective policies and health-care for sufferers of this world-wide scourge;

(d) left undiagnosed
and untreated, diabetes dramatically affects quality of life and shortens
life span and its malevolent course inevitably leads to many serious
associated health complications including heart disease, stroke, renal
failure, limb amputation and blindness; and

(e) unless national
governments act to deliver comprehensive policies, the implications
for health budgets will be calamitous; and

(4) cal ls on the Government to:

(a) continue to make diabetes a National Health Priority;

(b) commission a Productivity Commission Report into the real and increasing
cost of diabetes to the community;

(c) adequately fund best practice medicine for the treatme nt
of diabetes; and

(d) continue to
promote healthy lifestyle programs, especially targeted to children
and young people. ( Notice given 23 October 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

9 Mr Georgiou: To move—That the
House:

(1) reaffirms its commitment to the right of all Australians to enjoy
equal rights and opportunities and be treat ed with equal respect
regardless of race, colour, culture, creed or ethnic origin;

(3) reaffirms its
commitment to the process of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
Australians, and to closing the gap that lies between us in life expectancy,
educational achievement and economic opportunity;

(4) reaffirms its
commitment to multiculturalism and to maintaining Australia as a culturally
diverse, tolerant and open society, united by an overriding loyalty
to our nation, obedience to its laws, and commitment to its democratic
beliefs and institutions; and

(5) denounces intolerance
in any form on the grounds of race, colour, culture, creed or ethnic
origin as incompatible with the kind of society we are and want to be.
( Notice
given 10 November 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless
called on on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

10 Mr Raguse: To move—That the House:

(1) recognises the importance of National Adoption Awareness Week and
the significance of encouraging adoptees, adoptive parents and bio logical
parents to opening and continuing the dialogue on adoption in Australia
and encouraging people to discuss how adoption has impacted on their
lives; and

(2) calls on the
governments at the State and Federal levels to support all participants
in the adoption process. ( Notice given 10 November 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

11 Ms Ley: To move—That the House:

(1) supports long term viability of regional and rural medical practices,
hospitals and services;

(2) notes with concern the failure of state governments to provide
adequate health services for Australians living in reg ional,
rural and remote areas, particularly in relation to cross border health;

(3) acknowledges
the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the significant contribution it
makes by providing aeromedical emergency and primary health care services
to people who live, work and travel in regional and remote Australia;

(4) calls on the
Australian Government to eliminate inequality in healthcare access and
services experienced by those living in rural and remote areas by:

(b) assisting Australians
who live in regional, rural and remote areas with the cost of travel
to specialist medical appointments in capital cities and regional centres;
and

(c) providing adequate
funding to maintain and expand small rural hospitals and health services
and their maternity and other procedural services. ( Notice given 10 November 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

12 Mr Secker: To move—That the House
notes that:

(1) currently low flow conditions and over allocations are having an
extreme impact on the River Murray, Lower Lakes and Coorong;

(2) the region
is fast approaching environmental collapse, industries are being lost
and communities are suffering;

(3) current predictions
of low inflows indicate that the Lakes will drop to even lower levels
and that River flow to the Coorong will not occur in the foreseeable
future;

(4) the short term
challenge under current and likely low flow conditions for 2008 is to
use what water is available, after critical human needs, to prevent
irretrievable damage to the river systems; and

(5) the long term
challenge is to implement strategies that protect the environment and
maximise the productive use of water resource while maintaining a sustainable
river from source to mouth. ( Notice given 11 November 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

13 Mr Briggs: To move—That the House:

(1) condemns the Rudd Gov ernment for its handling of the water
crisis;

(2) demands the
Government release a minimum of 30 gigalitres into the Lower Lakes and
Coorong as recommended by the Senate inquiry;

(3) notes that:

(a) low water levels in the Goolwa area are seriously affe cting
small business and tourism operators;

(b) flooding the
area with sea water would destroy the natural environment; and

(c) the trade for
some businesses has dropped by nearly 90 per cent; and

(b) stop playing
the blame game and take decisive action. ( Notice given 11 November 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

14 Mr Marles: To move—That the House:

(1) acknowledges the importance of the Australian car industry and
recognises its important role in the economy as a:

(a) provider of employment;

(b) major exporter; and

(c) basis of high technology manufacturing; and

(2) supports the Government’s initiative for a package of measures
for the car industry designed to improve the international competitiveness
of the Aus tralian car industry and to promote the manufacture
of greener cars. ( Notice given 11 November 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

15 Mr Secker: To move—That the House
notes that:

(1) a group of dedicated Australians has established the Zimbabwe Outreach
Program and Orphanages Mutare (ZOPOM) Foundation;

(2) the Murwira Orphanage cate rs for children from a few months
old to twelve years of age in Mutare, an area of desperate need in Zimbabwe
where one in five children are orphans and 100 babies become HIV positive
every day;

(3) Paula Leen,
a 74 year old United States citizen, single-handedly runs the Murwira
Orphanage and her outreach program feeds over 2,000 destitute people
a month;

(4) the ZOPOM Foundation
in Australia under the umbrella of the Global Development Group aims
to fund Paula Leen’s work with donations;

(5) the ZOPOM Foundation
provides Australians with a chance to assist in a small way with all
funds going directly to the Murwira Orphanage and Outreach program;
and

(6) the humanitarium
crisis in Zimbabwe is presently so critical that the immediate ZOPOM
Foundation aim is to urgently purchase food from South Africa to send
to the Murwira Orphanage. ( Notice given 11 November 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

16 Mr Dreyfus: To move—That the House:

(1) notes that 2008 marks the 70 th anniversary of
the Evian Conference, convened by President Roosevelt 11-18 July 1938
in France, as an inter-governmental meeting to discuss and formulate
an adequate international response to the plight of European Jewry in
need of refuge from persecution under the Nazi regime in Germany;

(2) recalls that:

(a) an estimated 6 million Jews and millions of others died during
the Holocaust as a result of Nazi policies of the ‘final solution’
carried out until 1945;

(b) the Australian
Minister for Trade and Customs, Lieutenant-Colonel T W White stated at
the Evian Conference: ‘It will no doubt be appreciated also that,
as we have no real racial problems, we are not desirous of importing
one by encouraging any scheme of large-scale foreign migration.’; and

(c) the attitude
of the Nazi Government to the response of Australia was to note how
‘astounding’ it was that foreign countries criticised Germany for
their treatment of the Jews, but none of them wanted to open the doors
to them when ‘the opportunity [was] offer[ed]’;

(3) notes that:

(a) the Holocaust constitutes one of the most heinous acts of
genocide in history;

(b) it remains
insufficiently known and acknowledged by the world community that the
decisions made at the Evian Conference resulted in the abandonment of
the opportunity to save the lives of millions of Jewish people who ultimately
perished;

(c) Lieutenant-Colonel
White’s statement on behalf of the Government of Australia is still
visible at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, as the single
representative response for all other nations’ responses of indifference
at the Evian Conference, and is viewed by thousands of tourists annually;
and

(d) the 9 December
2008 marks the 60 th anniversary of the signing at the United Nations
of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
to which Australia was one of the first signatories;

(4) honours the memory of all those who lost their lives in
the Holocaust; and

(5) calls for the
Australian Government to send to the Government of Israel a statement
of recognition of and regret for the decisions made by Australia at
the Evian Conference in 1938, stating Australia’s present friendship
with Israel, acknowledging past wrongs, remembering the 70 th
anniversary of the Evian Conference, and commemorating the 60 th
anniversary of the State of Israel, written on a plaque to be given
to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, with a request that
the plaque be displayed. ( Notice given 24 November 2008 . Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any
of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009 .)

17 Dr Stone: To move—That the House:

(1) notes that under section 417 of the Migration Act 1958 , the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
may intervene personally making decisions in relation to individuals;

(2) encourages the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship to urgently
resolve his ambivalence about using these ministerial powers of intervention,
given the consequences for individuals and families whose urgent re quests
for intervention remain unresolved, in some cases for nearly a year;
and

(3) requests that
the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship responds to the report
he commissioned analysing the use of ministerial powers (the Elizabeth
Proust Report) which has been with him since 29 January 2008. ( Notice given
25 November 2008 . Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any
of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

18 Mr Adams: To move—That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) micro-brewers in Australia have an excellent product that has provided
a niche market and is complementing boutique wines as a regional tourism
product; and

(b) these micr o-brewers are suffering disadvantage because they
are treated differently to the small wine industry in relation to tax;
and

(2) calls on the Government to:

(a) support a review of the tax system in relation to micro-brewers,
with a view to making the ta x more equitable and in a similar
tax regime as for the boutique wine growers and the Wine Equalisation
Tax; and

(b) continue to
support the development of rural and regional areas with innovative
new products such as those being developed by micro-brewers. ( Notice given 26 November 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

19 Mr Coulton: To move—That the House:

(1) notes that children living in isolated regions of Australia face
unique challenges when trying to access educational services; and

(2) calls on the Government to provide the additional assistance and
support that would enable i solated children and students to access
a full range of educational services from early childhood to tertiary
education. ( Notice given 27 November 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

20 Mr Hartsuyker: To move—That the
House:

(1) condemns the decision by the New South Wales (NSW) Government to
charge private hospitals for the supply of blood and blood products;
and

(2) expresses its
concern that:

(a) this decision to turn the supply of blood and blood products into
a State money-making enterprise will deter all those who voluntarily
donate blood; and

(b) any extra charge to private patients will result in an extra
burden on the public health service in NSW which is already unable to
cope with demand. ( Notice given 2 December 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

21 Ms Parke: To move—That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) three young Australians, Scott Rush, Andrew Chan and Myuran
Sukumaran, are currently facing the death penalty in Indonesia;

(b) the right to
life is a fundamental human right recognised in:

(i) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which celebrates its
60 th anniversary on 10 December 2008;

(ii) the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which both Australia and
Indonesia are parties, and

Article
28A of the Indonesian Constitution ;

respect
for human life and dignity are values common to Australia and Indonesia;

abhorrence
of the death penalty is a fundamenta l value in Australian society—Australia
is a party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights, which is aimed at the universal abolition
of the death penalty;

there
is bipartisan support for the universal abolition of the death penalty
within the Australian Parliament — the Cross-Party Working Group Against the Death Penalty has been re - established
during this parliamentary sitting, with Chris Hayes MP and Senator
Gary Humphries as co-convenors; and

(f) the Australian Government will in the near future co-sponsor
a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly seeking a global
moratorium on capital punishment, as it has done in previous years;

(2) believes th at abolition of the death penalty contributes
to the enhancement of human dignity and progressive development of human
rights;

(3) requests that:

(a) the House incorporate into domestic law the Second Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
to prevent any government in Australia in the future from reintroducing
the death penalty and to communicate Australia’s position on the death
penalty to the world at large;

(b) the Indonesian
Government favourably consider the Indonesian Constitutional Court’s
recommendation of 30 October 2007 in the majority reasoning at paragraph 3.26,
in particular sub-paragraph (b), which says that the death penalty should
be able to be imposed with a probation period of ten years, so that,
in a case where a prisoner shows good behaviour, it can be amended to
a life-long sentence or imprisonment for 20 years; and

(c) in the event
that remaining legal processes fail in respect of any persons facing
the death penalty in Indonesia, the President of Indonesia extend clemency
by commuting their sentences to terms of imprisonment; and

(4) records the importance to Australia of its continuing excellent
relationship with our near neighbour, the Republic of Indonesia. ( Notice given
3 December 2008 . Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any
of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

22 Mr Danby: To move—That the House:

(1) celebrates and commends the achievements of the Turkish
Community here in the Commonwealth of Australia that has been created
as a result of the Formal Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth
of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey concerning
the Residence and Employment of Turkish Citizens in Australia, in the
40 years since its implementation;

(2) notes that:

(a) once enemies on the battlefields of Gallipoli, the Commonwealth
of Australia and the Republic of Turkey have established a unique
relationship and bond forged in the blood of young men from both nations;
and

(b) this uniqueness
at the core of deep rooted relations between two countries gained even
more momentum by the unforgettable reconciliatory remarks of the Founder
of the Modern Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk to the mothers
of fallen Anzacs: ‘…You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far
away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our
bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they
have become our sons as well.’;

(3) recognises that the Turkish nation is now a friendly power and
members of the Turkish community have now integrated into Australian
society;

(4) acknowledges the unique relationship that exists between Au stralia
and Turkey; a bond highlighted by both nations’ commitment to the
rights and liberties of our citizens and the pursuit of a just world,
highlighted by the Statement of Ataturk: ‘Peace at Home, Peace in
the World’;

(5) commends the Republic of Turk ey’s commitment to democracy,
the Rule of Law and secularism; and

(6) on this 40 th
anniversary of this agreement, pledges our friendship, commitment and
enduring support to the people of Turkey as we celebrate this important
occasion together. ( Notice given 4 December 2008. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

23 Mrs D'Ath: To move—That the House:

(1) congratulates the Rudd Government on the delivery of Round Two of
the computers in schools program which will provide 141,600 new computers
to 1,394 secondary schools across Australia, worth more than $141 million;

(2) notes that the Rudd Government has already invested $116.82 million
for computers in schools during Round One in 2008 and that this latest
round will bring the ratio of computers to students to 1:2 for all students
in years 9 to 12 in those secondary schools who applied for and
were granted computers;

(3) notes that
the Petrie electorate will receive 1,267 new computers and $1.273 million
in funding to the schools in the Petrie electorate in Round Two, in addition
to the computers provided in Round One;

(4) acknowledges
the ongoing commitment of the Rudd Government to achieve a 1:1 computer
to student ratio for all Year 9 to 12 students across the country by
2011;

(5) recognises
that:

(a) the future of this country lies within our young people and t hat
as a government, we must invest in our schools to invest in our future;

(b) the commitment
made by the Rudd Government through the COAG Agreement to deliver a
further $807 million for legitimate costs to install and maintain the
computers and costs associated with subsequent rounds; and

(6) congratulates the Rudd Government for delivering on its Education
Revolution and the commitment we made to the Australian people in 2007.
( Notice given 3 February 2009. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

24 Mr Clare: To move—That the House:

(1) recognises the heightened importance of financial lite racy
and financial counselling given the global economic recession and its
impact on the Australian economy;

(2) supports the
actions the Government has taken to improve financial literacy and provide
additional financial counselling services for people struggling to make
ends meet; and

(3) calls on Australian
banks and financial institutions to assist Australian families by providing
additional support for financial literacy programs and financial counselling.
( Notice
given 3 February 2009. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless
called on on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

25 Mr Forrest: To move—That the House:

(1) recognises the state less circumstances of the Akha people
of South East Asia occupying the remote mountain regions of Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and China;

(2) accepts that:

(a) a long five century history of manipulation and persecution endured
by the Akha people ha s left them disadvantaged, disenfranchised
and virtually voiceless; and

(b) the Akha people
are fighting critical health outcomes through depressed economic circumstances
and the utilisation of inefficient agricultural practices and that this
situation leaves them as one of the most vulnerable nation groups anywhere
in the world; and

(3) calls on:

(a) the United Nations to do more to prevent the persecution of this
people group by the oppressive Myanmar regime which is forcing many
Akha families to flee across the border to Thailand;

(b) the governments
of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and China to do more for this unique people
group in their respective countries to assist them towards self determination;
and

(c) AusAid to recognise
the needs of this unique language group and fund sustainable agricultural
aid programs to assist Akha people in growing good food to break the
cycle of hunger and depression. ( Notice given 4 February 2009. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper
unless called on on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 23 February
2009. )

Orders of the day

1 Emergency Assistance Fund for the Lower
Lakes and Coorong Region of South Australia Bill 2008 ( Dr Nelson ) : Second reading ( from 1 September 2008 ). ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on 23 February 2009. )

2 uranium sales to india: Resumption
of debate ( from
1 September 2008—Mr Dreyfus ) on the motion of Mr Johnson—That
the House:

(1) recognises the strategic importance of India to 21 st
century global geo-politics; and

(2) encourages
the Australian Government to reverse its short-sighted decision to cancel
Australia’s uranium sales to India. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on 23 February 2009. )

3 ordinary seaman teddy sheean: Resumption
of debate ( from
15 September 2008 ) on the motion of Mr Sidebottom—That the House:

(1) recognises the heroic efforts of Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean and
his crew mates upon the sinking of the HMAS Armidale on 1 December 1942 off the Timor coast;

(2) implores the
Government to award a posthumous Victoria Cross of Australia to Ordinary
Seaman Teddy Sheean to recognise properly his valour and sacrifice on
1 December 1942; and

(3) urges the Government
to establish a mechanism to address outstanding issues and anomalies
in the military honours system such as recognising the courageous deeds
of people such as Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean on 1 December 1942. ( Order of
the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority
on the next sitting Monday after 23 February 2009. )

4 epidermolysis bullosa: Resumption
of debate ( from
15 September 2008—Mr Zappia , in continuation ) on the motion of Mr Morrison—That the House:

(1) notes that Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a rare genetic
condition characterised by skin fragility and blister formation, which
is incurable and in its most severe forms can be fatal in infancy and
childhood;

(2) notes that children afflicted by EB are known as ‘butterfly childre n’
and are required to pierce, drain and dress their blisters each day
in an endless routine that lasts up to three hours in the most severe
cases;

(3) notes there
are currently 229 patients formally diagnosed and registered on the
Australasian EB Registry and that based on international estimates there
may be up to 1,000 people affected by this condition in Australia, of
whom 100-150 have the most severe form;

(4) acknowledges
the support and assistance provided to sufferers and their families
by DebRA Australia, the national Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa research
association;

(5) recognises
that families with a child suffering from EB have problems accessing
dressings because of expense or availability from the public system,
and in the more severe cases families must spend up to $5,300 per month
on dressings; and

(6) calls on the
Australian Government to establish a 12 month trial program, managed
by the Department of Health and Ageing in partnership with DebRA, to:

(a) fund delivery of dressings d irectly to patients currently
registered on the Australasian EB registry from suppliers identified
through a public tender process;

(b) provide access
to a dedicated nurse in each state and territory for patients suffering
from EB; and

(c) review the
program upon conclusion, with a view to establishing a permanent scheme.
( Order
of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on the next sitting Monday after 23 February 2009. )

5 the development of northern australia:
Resumption of debate ( from 22 September 2008 ) on the motion of Mr Tuckey—That the
House recognises the energy, water and agricultural potential of the
far north of Australia, and in particular the Kimberley region, and
urges the Parliament to give priority to the development of northern
Australia. ( Order
of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 2 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

6 national police remembrance day:
Resumption of debate ( from 22 September 2008—Mr Zappia , in continuation ) on the motion of Mr Hayes—That the House:

(1) recognises and acknowledges the significant contribution that officers
across all Australian policing jurisdictions make to our local communities
as we approach National Police Remembrance Day on 29 September 2008;

(2) remembers and comes together to commemorate the ultimate sacrifices
made by all police officers who have been killed in the course of their
duties;

(3) honours the courage, commitment and memory of the many fine men
and women who lost their lives in the execution of their official
duty each made in serving our community;

(4) pays tribute
to the families and friends of those fallen police officers for the
support they unreservedly provided during the career of their respective
loved ones;

(5) encourages
all Australians as a sign of respect to those who have fallen, to attend
a ceremony or wear or display the traditional blue and white chequerboard
ribbon, officially recognised as the symbol of Remembrance Day; and

(6) supports and
thanks all serving police of Australia for their invaluable dedication
and commitment to make a difference, defend our way of life and safeguard
the peace. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 2 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

7 drought: Resumption of debate ( from 13 October 2008—Mr
Chester , in continuation ) on the motion of Mrs Hull—That the House:

(1) recognise the seriousness of the drought situation across
rural Australia; and

(2) calls on the
Government to:

(a) recognise the need for long term commitment for Exceptional Circumstances
(EC) declared areas, and to provide continued support to allow t hose
areas to fully recover from the drought;

(b) look at the
history of EC declared areas and the direct correlation between longevity
of declaration and hardship inflicted;

(c) commit to the extension of support programs to allow those areas
to fully r ecover regardless of meeting current EC requirements;
and

(d) extend EC assistance
to all rural based businesses who meet the criteria. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 3 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

8 united nations: Resumption of debate
( from 20 October
2008—Mrs B. K. Bishop , in continuation ) on the motion of Ms Parke—That the House:

(1) notes that the 24 October is United
Nations Day, celebrating the entry into force of the United Nations Charter
on 24 October 1945;

(2) celebrates
Australia’s key role in the formation of the United Nations and the
drafting of the United Nations Charter;

(3) recognises
that Australia has been a consistent and long-term contributor to United
Nations’ efforts to safeguard international peace and security and
to promote human rights, for example, by being the thirteenth largest
contributor to the United Nations’ budget; by contributing to many
United Nations’ peacekeeping operations; and by firmly committing
to increasing Australia’s development assistance and seeking real
progress towards the Millennium Development Goals;

(4) notes further
the Australian Government’s commitment to the multilateral system
as one of the three fundamental pillars of Australia’s foreign policy;
that Australia is determined to work through the United Nations to enhance
security and economic well-being worldwide; and to uphold the purposes
and principles of the United Nations Charter;

(5) notes that
as the only truly global organisation, the United Nations plays a critical
role in addressing the global challenges that no country can resolve
on its own and that Australia is determined to play its part within
the United Nations to help address serious global challenges, including
conflict prevention, international development, climate change, terrorism
and the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction;

(6) notes also
Australia’s commitment to, and support for, reform of the United Nations’
system in order to ensure that the organisation reflects today's world
and is able to function efficiently and effectively; and

(7) reaffirms the
faith of the Australian people in the purposes and principles of the
United Nations Charter. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 4 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

9 climate protection bill 2008 ( Mr
Windsor ) : Second reading ( from 10 November 2008 ). ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

10 housing: Resumption of debate ( from 10 November 2008 )
on the motion of Mrs Moylan—That the House:

(1) recognises the serious state of housing
availability and affordability in the public, not for profit and private
sector in many cities and towns in Australia and the hardship it causes
those on low and fixed incomes;

(2) notes that:

(a) it is having a serious impact on many in the community including
those on low and fixed incomes, pensioners, disability pensioners, veterans,
young families and students;

(b) the situation has been exacerbated by the dereliction of duty of
State governments in failing to maintain adequate stocks of public
rental properties, with unacceptably long waiting-lists for public housing;

(c) in Western
Australia (WA), for example, it has been reported that there are 16,000
families on the Homeswest waiting list in May 2008 with similar trends
in other states;

(d) there has been
a contraction of approximately 30,000 public dwellings, which, factoring
in population growth over the last decade, amounts to a loss of 100,000
dwellings in the public sector;

(e) this dereliction
of duty is increasing the reliance on the private rental market where
housing is in short supply, new building approvals are plummeting and
rental vacancy rates are at the lowest levels in 20 years;

(f) Commonwealth
Rent Assistance (CRA) is not adequately addressing the gap between the
high level of rent being paid and what is affordable and that in many
areas there are few, if any, housing choices available;

(g) despite the
twice yearly adjustment of CRA to the Consumer Price Index of 4.3 per cent,
the average rental increase has been 7.1 per cent;

(h) the median weekly rent of three bedroom houses has increased on
a nationally weighted average by 46.75 per cent, and in fact, from June
1998 to June 2007 rents have increased by 93.55 p er cent in WA
and by 105.88 per cent in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT);

(i) rent assistance
as a percentage of median weekly rent in WA has dropped from 31.8 per cent
in June 2001 to 20.4 per cent in June 2007 and in the ACT from 25.6 per cent
in June 1998 to 17.4 per cent in June 2007;

(j) overall, renting
has become less affordable nationally even for those in receipt of CRA;

(k) according to
national figures from the Australian Government Housing data set in
June 2006, over one-third of CRA recipients pay more than 30 per cent of
their income on rent, after CRA is factored in; and

(l) public housing
approvals have plummeted to 131 new council approvals in March 2008,
well short of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ decade average
of 350 new public housing approvals monthly; and

(3) calls on the Federal Government to:

(a) work with State governments through COAG to urgently address the
national shortage of public, not for profit and private housing including
delays in local government develo pment approvals;

(b) urgently review
the adequacy of CRA paid to those on low and fixed incomes;

(c) investigate
making CRA or similar payment available to eligible recipients who are
purchasing their own homes and who are experiencing severe mortgage
stress, with the aim of keeping people in their own homes and taking
some of the pressures off the public and private sector rental market;

(d) consider changing
the CRA formula to reflect the lack of choice and the increasing cost
of rent beyond inflation, by linking CRA to actual rent using the highest
median rent in each area;

(e) target a proportion
of assistance for development of housing in high employment growth areas,
in recognition that for those looking for work in areas of high labour
demand, high rents are acting as a disincentive for some people to escape
the poverty cycle; and

(f) pay particular attention to development options for multi-dwelling
supported accommodation models to provide for those with disabilities
who may formally have been housed in institutions. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

11 zimbabwe: Resumption of debate ( from 10 November 2008—Mrs
Moylan , in continuation ) on the motion of Mr Danby—That the House:

(1) congratulates Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC), on his appointment as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, which
is a just recognition of his long struggle for democ racy and
reform in Zimbabwe;

(2) acknowledges
the courage of the people of Zimbabwe in defying the thuggery and intimidation
of the Mugabe regime in voting for a change of regime at the Zimbabwe
elections of March 2008;

(3) condemns the
Mugabe regime for instituting a reign of violence and intimidation which
forced Mr Tsvangirai to withdraw from the second round of the presidential
election, despite his clear lead in the first round;

(4) calls on the
international community, and particularly Zimbabwe’s African neighbours
and its fellow members of the Commonwealth, to maintain pressure on
the Mugabe regime to ensure that it carries out the terms of the power-sharing
agreement between the regime and the MDC; and

(5) calls on the
Australian Government to render every assistance to Mr Tsvangirai in
carrying out the reforms urgently needed to restore democratic elections,
good government and economic prosperity to the long-suffering people
of Zimbabwe. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

12 white ribbon day: Resumption of
debate ( from
24 November 2008—Dr Stone , in continuation ) on the motion of Mr Georganas—That the House:

(1) 25 November 2008 marks White Ribbon Day in Australia;

(2) in 1999, the United Nations General Assembly declared November
25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Ag ainst
Women and the White Ribbon has become the symbol for the day; and

(3) the White Ribbon
Foundation of Australia aims to eliminate violence against women by
promoting culture change around the issue. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

13 Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers Bill
2008 ( Fran
Bailey ) : Second reading ( from 1 December 2008 ). ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded
priority on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 23 February 2009. )

COMMITTEE AND DELEGATION
REPORTS AND PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS (standing orders
34, 35 and 192): Presentation and consideration of committee and delegation
reports and private Members’ business have precedence each Monday
from 8.40 to 9.30 p.m. in the House of Representatives Chamber and from
6.55 to 8.30 p.m. in the Main Committee.

The whips are responsible for recommending the
order of precedence and allotting time for debate on consideration of
committee and delegation reports and private Members’ business. Any
private Members’ business not called on, or consideration of private
Members’ business or committee and delegation reports which has been
interrupted and not re-accorded priority by the whips on any of the
next 8 sitting Mondays, shall be removed from the Notice Paper (standing
order 42).